Classic British Flight Sim

Richard, I did this once, importing two cars to UK from the USA. It was in 1991, so things may have changed, but the rule was pretty simple: if you had owned the car for more than 12 months, there was no duty or VAT - it was regarded in the same light as "household possessions". All that w...

I have never quite understood this particular campaign. There WAS a Campaign Medal awarded to Bomber Command aircrew - the Aircrew Europe Star. It was created specifically to recognise that UK-based aircrew operating against continental targets would otherwise qualify only for the 39-45 Star and the...

Oh, and one more thing: there was a Shackleton MR3 parked in the NW corner of the airfield for a number of years in the early 70's. Although consigned to fire practice eventually, as the airfield itself was to close, for a few years it was kept up, with its engines being run-up from time to time. Ke...

All I've got to do know is sort the Thorney traffic Depending on the timescale, Thorney hosted some interesting traffic. During the 1960's, 242 OCU operated (simultaneously) Beverlies, Hastings and Argosies, together with 22 Sqn's Whirlwind flight. Later, Andovers and Hercules replaced the Bevs, et...

Sean,

I don't want to be a nitpicker, but I think you'll find it is RAF Coastal Command, not the Coast Guard.

Kevin

Wasn't the 3's radar too darned sensitive (unlikely as that may seem)?? Target recognition was near to impossible as anything with a vague metal content was being displayed :think: Dunno.. it's been a while now :cpu: Just a final OT observation on this, as I happened to be working as a Marconi engi...

Thanks Brian, Never heard of this one. I have a book "Early Aviation at Farnborough" by Percy Walker (Macdonald and Janes, publishers) which devotes about a hundred pages to JW Dunne and his aeroplanes. He and SF Cody were the two fascinating personalities who were responsible in their ve...

All this makes me glad I've kept my daily-driver MGB for the last 23+ years, including two transatlantic moves. All the parts are widely available, especially here in California, most are still available British made - as long as you know where to look - and I can do any parts replacement myself. Ke...

Here's a data point on the Spitfire XXII. My Dad has a few hundred hours on them with 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn. He tells me that they used no more than +8 lb of boost on takeoff, with FULL rudder trim to counteract the torque - with any more boost the aeroplane simply could not be kept straight ...

That second reference of Rick's is particularly good. My Dad was operational on Spitfire VIIIs and IXs in 1944-45 in Italy and Yugoslavia and he has always said that the introduction of the gyro gunsight during that time made a huge difference in air-to-air gunnery. Before the gyro gunsight, only a ...